Happy Wordle Wednesday, folks! I’m sleepy. I’ve been working out a ton, doing hot yoga and HIIT training and weight-lifting and, weather permitting, hiking the dogs. Getting in shape is tough, especially as you get older, and I’m left permanently wiped out.
Since today is Wordle Wednesday, here’s a bonus riddle for you to solve:
If you have a 7-minute hourglass and an 11-minute hourglass, how can you boil an egg in exactly 15 minutes?
If you think you have the answer, let me know on Twitter and Facebook. Also, I don’t think you should boil eggs for this long though I suppose it depends on your elevation and whatnot. I can usually get a pretty good hard-boiled egg at around 11 minutes.
Alright, Wordle time!
How To Solve Today’s Word
The Hint: This Wordle is a verb.
The Clue: This Wordle is past-tense.
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See yesterday’s Wordle #934 right here.
Wordle Bot Analysis
After each Wordle I solve I head over to the Wordle Bot homepage to see how my guessing game was.
Ouch. Not a good day for me at all! This isn’t even that hard of a word, I just couldn’t lock it down. Smoke left me with one yellow box and a truly whopping 552 remaining guesses. Fiery (because where there isn’t smoke, there still might be fire) slashed that down to 110—still way too many!
Recap started to chip away at that number a smidge, but I still had 18 words to choose from and still only the yellow ‘R’ and ‘E’. At this point I realized I’d badly misjudged and probably should have guessed something with all new letters earlier on.
Tuber was my first glimpse of green, but still not right. Thankfully, only one option remained: threw—which, hey, this Wordle really threw me for a loop!
Today’s Score
I lose 1 point for guessing in five and 1 for losing to the Bot, who guessed in four. -2 points. No bueno!
Today’s Wordle Etymology
The word “threw” is the past tense of “throw,” which has its origins in the Old English word “þrawan,” meaning “to twist, turn, writhe, curl, or whirl.” This Old English term is believed to have its roots in the Proto-Germanic “*thrawan,” which also conveys the sense of turning or twisting.
Over time, the meaning evolved from the physical act of twisting or turning to the act of propelling something with force, which is the primary meaning we associate with “throw” (and consequently “threw”) today. This evolution in meaning is a common phenomenon in language development, where a word’s original physical or concrete meaning extends to more abstract applications.
The change in spelling and pronunciation from the Old English “þrawan” to the modern “throw” reflects the natural linguistic changes that occur over centuries, including shifts in vowel sounds and the dropping or alteration of consonants.
Play Competitive Wordle Against Me!
I’ve been playing a cutthroat game of PvP Wordle against my nemesis Wordle But. Now you should play against me! I can be your nemesis! (And your helpful Wordle guide, of course). You can also play against the Bot if you have a New York Times subscription.
Here are the rules:
- 1 point for getting the Wordle in 3 guesses.
- 2 points for getting it in 2 guesses.
- 3 points for getting it in 1 guess.
- 1 point for beating me
- 0 points for getting it in 4 guesses.
- -1 point for getting it in 5 guesses.
- -2 points for getting it in 6 guesses.
- -3 points for losing.
- -1 point for losing to me
You can either keep a running tally of your score if that’s your jam or just play day-to-day if you prefer.
